Chet Holmgren has the highest PER by a Thunder rookie, with a 20.5 rating in 2023-24.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games rookie season for okc

	NAME	PER	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	20.5	2023-24	OKC	82	29.4	16.5	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	6.2	11.6	53.0	1.6	4.3	37.0	2.7	3.4	79.3	63.2	1.6	6.3	1.6	2,413	1,357	648	200	53	190	131	197	+422
2	Bob Rule B. Rule	17.4	1967-68	SEA	82	29.6	18.1	9.5	1.2			6.9	14.2	48.9				4.2	6.5	65.8	53.2				2,424	1,484	776	99				316
3	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	16.7	1976-77	SEA	81	20.6	9.2	3.7	1.5	1.5	0.7	3.5	7.0	50.4				2.2	3.5	62.4	54.1	2.0	1.7		1,667	749	302	123	123	57		221
4	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	16.3	1985-86	SEA	82	33.0	17.1	8.0	2.4	1.2	0.5	7.0	14.3	49.0	0.0	0.1	20.0	3.0	4.4	68.7	52.5	3.7	4.2	3.0	2,706	1,404	655	193	101	37	248	305
5	Tom Burleson T. Burleson	16.1	1974-75	SEA	82	23.0	10.1	7.0	1.4	0.8	1.9	3.9	9.4	41.7				2.2	3.2	68.7	46.5	1.9	5.1		1,888	826	572	115	64	153		221
6	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	15.9	1989-90	SEA	81	13.8	6.5	4.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	2.5	5.2	47.9	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.4	2.0	73.6	53.1	1.8	2.5	1.3	1,120	525	346	26	47	70	107	204
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	15.8	2007-08	SEA	80	34.6	20.3	4.4	2.4	1.0	0.9	7.3	17.1	43.0	0.7	2.6	28.8	4.9	5.6	87.3	51.9	0.9	3.5	2.9	2,768	1,624	348	192	78	75	232	122	-651
8	Jalen Williams J. Williams	15.6	2022-23	OKC	75	30.3	14.1	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	5.5	10.6	52.1	1.0	2.7	35.6	2.1	2.5	81.2	60.1	1.1	3.4	1.6	2,275	1,056	337	248	103	35	123	191	-53
9	Serge Ibaka S. Ibaka	15.2	2009-10	OKC	73	18.1	6.3	5.4	0.1	0.3	1.3	2.8	5.1	54.3	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.8	1.3	63.0	56.2	1.9	3.5	0.9	1,323	461	397	10	25	97	68	194	+6
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	15.2	2008-09	OKC	82	32.5	15.3	4.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	5.3	13.4	39.8	0.4	1.6	27.1	4.3	5.2	81.5	48.9	2.2	2.7	3.3	2,668	1,256	399	435	110	16	274	191	-272
11	Nick Collison N. Collison	15	2004-05	SEA	82	17.0	5.6	4.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	2.3	4.3	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.4	70.3	57.0	1.9	2.7	0.8	1,396	463	376	32	34	50	62	252	+97
12	Slick Watts S. Watts	14.7	1973-74	SEA	62	23.0	8.0	2.9	5.7	1.9	0.2	3.2	8.2	38.8				1.6	2.5	64.5	42.9	1.2	1.8		1,424	496	182	351	115	13		207
13	Tim McCormick T. McCormick	14.7	1984-85	SEA	78	20.3	9.3	5.1	1.0	0.2	0.4	3.4	6.2	55.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.4	71.5	60.6	1.9	3.2	1.5	1,584	726	398	78	18	33	114	207
14	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	14.1	1986-87	SEA	71	27.8	5.3	4.7	8.2	1.8	0.6	2.0	4.2	47.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.2	2.0	61.7	51.4	1.4	3.2	2.2	1,972	373	331	583	125	45	155	238
15	James Harden J. Harden	14	2009-10	OKC	76	22.9	9.9	3.2	1.8	1.1	0.3	3.1	7.6	40.3	1.2	3.3	37.5	2.6	3.2	80.8	55.1	0.6	2.6	1.4	1,738	753	244	137	80	20	106	200	+184
16	Derrick McKey D. McKey	13.8	1987-88	SEA	82	20.8	8.5	4.0	1.3	0.9	0.8	3.1	6.3	49.1	0.1	0.4	36.7	2.1	2.7	77.2	56.2	1.4	2.6	1.3	1,706	694	328	107	70	63	108	237
17	Lucius Allen L. Allen	13.7	1969-70	SEA	81	22.4	9.8	2.6	4.2			3.8	8.5	44.2				2.2	3.1	73.1	49.5				1,817	794	211	342				201
18	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	13.5	1977-78	SEA	82	27.3	10.7	8.3	1.6	0.8	0.5	4.2	9.2	45.5				2.3	3.0	77.7	50.9	2.4	5.9	2.3	2,238	876	678	134	68	40	186	300
19	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	13.3	2021-22	OKC	54	31.5	12.5	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	5.2	12.4	41.9	1.0	3.9	26.3	1.0	1.5	70.9	47.8	1.8	6.0	3.2	1,700	674	421	345	51	20	171	88	-299
20	Gary Payton G. Payton	13.2	1990-91	SEA	82	27.4	7.2	3.0	6.4	2.0	0.2	3.2	7.0	45.0	0.0	0.2	7.7	0.8	1.2	71.1	47.6	1.3	1.6	2.2	2,244	588	243	528	165	15	180	249
21	Luke Ridnour L. Ridnour	13.1	2003-04	SEA	69	16.1	5.5	1.6	2.4	0.8	0.1	2.1	5.1	41.4	0.4	1.2	33.8	0.9	1.1	82.3	49.6	0.5	1.1	1.2	1,114	382	108	163	52	7	80	105	-151
22	Pete Cross P. Cross	13.1	1970-71	SEA	79	27.8	8.0	12.0	1.4			3.1	7.0	44.2				1.8	2.6	69.0	49.0				2,194	630	949	113				212
23	Dana Barros D. Barros	12.8	1989-90	SEA	81	20.1	9.7	1.6	2.5	0.7	0.0	3.7	9.1	40.5	1.2	2.9	39.9	1.1	1.4	80.9	49.7	0.4	1.2	1.5	1,630	782	132	205	53	1	123	97
24	Predrag Drobnjak P. Drobnjak	12.7	2001-02	SEA	64	18.3	6.8	3.4	0.8	0.3	0.5	3.0	6.5	46.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.1	75.3	49.0	1.2	2.3	0.8	1,174	437	219	51	20	31	51	109	+97
25	Vladimir Radmanovic V. Radmanovic	12.7	2001-02	SEA	61	20.2	6.7	3.8	1.3	0.9	0.4	2.4	5.8	41.2	1.1	2.6	42.0	0.8	1.2	68.1	52.8	0.7	3.0	1.2	1,230	407	230	81	56	24	72	119	+70